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THE BROWN BULLETINPublished By and For the Employees of Brown Company

Volume IV BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, JANUARY 10, 1951 Number 1

Let's Get Working Mad...It stands to reason, when we hear the latest insults from

Moscow, that we're likely to get fighting mad . . . and that, Isuppose, is an outlet for our emotions. But, . . . it certainly isfar from being the best reaction if we feel like winning the war.

Instead, we'd better use our heads and get working mad.It must be evident to all of us that Stalin and his gang of

followers, with their warped reasoning, have very little respectfor us and our ways. But they do respect one thing .. . strength!They know that the American working force possesses thatstrength and with it an uncanny "will to win" — no matterwhat the odds.

We know that while we've been reducing our fighting forcein the hope of attaining peace for the world — behind the IronCurtain they've been steadily building up a huge fightingmachine in an effort to conquer the world when its defenses areweak and inadequate.

As things stand today, there is just one way to prevent WorldWar III. That is to re-arm — to become strong — and to staythat way!

This calls for increased productivity all along the line in everymanufacturing plant in our great nation. Not just in producingguns, tanks and planes, but in turning out civilian goods, too.

True — arms must come first. But we have the added task ofproducing arms at the same time we produce civilian goods.When a company is converted from civilian production to de-fense production it naturally falls in line that othercompanies, working in civilian production, must take up theslack.

We can do this double job if we all work together to turn outmore for every hour we work — if we use our ingenuity to stepup productivity.

If we make sacrifices now for the common good — we'll win~>m big reward we've all be striving to achieve — peace withfreedom.

Leon Dubey AppointedAsst. To Works Manager

Edgar E. Morris, WorksManager, recently announcedthe appointment of LeonDubey to Assistant to theWorks Manager.

In his new position, Mr. Du-bey will work directly with theWorks Manager, the variousmill managers and departmentheads on operating costs.

Since 1917Mr. Dubey joined the com-

pany in 1917 when he went towork at the Cascade Store-house. After serving in theArmy during World War I, hereturned to Brown Companyas Assistant Paymaster at theCascade Time Office. In 1925,he was transferred to the Em-ployment Department while itwas being organized. He laterworked in Cost Accountingand in 1935 returned to Cas-cade as Office Manager. In1940, he returned to the MainOffice as Cost Accountant andworked in that capacity untilhis recent appointment asAssistant to the Works Man-ager.

Mr. Dubey's long servicewith the Company and his ex-tensive experience in account-ing makes him exceptionallywell qualified for the work towhich he has been promoted.

Mr. Dubey is married andis the father of five children.

BM Ry. Now Leads InGood Housekeeping

Berlin Mills Railway is to becongratulated f o r finallyreaching excellent in the com-pany's "Spic and Span"program. A score of 100 hasnot been made by any divisionfor many inspections. In thelast report, Berlin Mills Rail-way was in a tie for 5th placewith a score of 92 and in justtwo short weeks they haveboosted their rating up to aperfect score of 100.

Maintenance and Construc-tion also increased their ratingby four points to come from atie for 4th place to a tie forthird. Other divisions thathave gained in ratings are Re-search, Onco, Kraft and Bur-gess.

Administrative Offices wasone of two divisions whichtook a tumble. They lost fourpoints while Bermico lost two.

Again — for the first timein several inspections thereare no divisions behind theeightball.

Burgess deserves a specialpat on the back for adding atotal of nine points to theirprevious low of 79.

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Finishing, Converting DepartmentsAt Cascade Plant Now Modernized

Richardson Lake Woods OperationOne of New England's Largest

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John Hegeman Now

At Kraft Plant

Pictured at the Richardson Lake operation are three (fore-ground) of the huge 160-man crew about to hit the trail intothe woods and put their chain-saws to good use. The woodscamp is one of the largest ever to be operated in New England.

One of the largest woodscamps ever to be operated inNew England is now cuttingpulpwood for Brown Com-pany's use. The camp, operatedby Alphonse LaBerge.known as the Richardson Lakeoperation and is situated onthe lake near Metallic Brook.

160 MenAn indication of its size is

the fact that 1,685 cords ofwood is an average weekly cutfor the huge 160-man crew.Thirty-seven chain saws arein operation at the camp tohasten production while atotal of 37 husky, well-trainedand well-fed horses assist thewoodsmen in many of theheavy tasks.

After the wood is cut, it israfted and landed on Richard-son Lake, circled with "boomlogs" and towed by a warpingtug to its next destinationwhere it is floated down streamto another lake. The process oftowing the logs is againnecessary to move them totheir next destination, theAndroscoggin River, which, inturn, floats them directly toBrown Company.

Food, Food, FoodTo the city worker, food

consumption at a woods campis unbelievable. At the Rich-ardson camp, one day's supplyof flour is estimated at 250pounds. 150 pounds of potatoesare necessary each day and ifeggs are served at a meal, thecook needs 32 dozen to goaround. Should chicken be onthe menu, it would take 125pounds to feed the crew forone single meal. Thirty pies

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JOHN HEGEMAN

L. M. Cushing, Manager ofthe Pulp Division, recentlyannounced the promotion ofJohn Hegeman to AssistantKraft Mill Superintendent re-placing the vacancy left byRodolphe Paradis who hasbeen transferred to La Tuqueas Assistant to the Manager.Mr. Hegeman was formerlyKraft Mill Chemist.

Started As ChemistHe started working for

the company as a chemist atthe Research and Develop-ment department in Septem-ber of 1946. In 1949 he workedas a Chemical Engineer onwater purification for Congo-leum-Nairn of Cedarhurst,Maryland. In February of lastyear, he returned to Berlinand went to work as Kraft MillChemist for the company.

Mr. Hegeman received his(Continued on Page 2)

St. PierreHeads Both Depts.Several changes have been

made during the past ' fewmonths at the Cascade Milland modernization is definitelytaking place in several depart-ments.

Bill St. Pierre, former TowelRoom Supervisor, is nowSupervisor of both the TowelRoom and the Paper Convert-ing Department. Bill, havingworked at Cascade for manyyears, is extremely familiarwith the plant's problems and,like many others, is pleasedwith the company's modern-ization program at Cascade.

Paper ConvertingIn the Paper Converting

Department, the entire roomhas been modernized includingnew lighting arrangements,the installation of electrichoists, purchase of a newelectric truck, and the install-ation of a sunken rail to facili-tate paper handling'provide better conditions forthose working in the depart-ment so that increased pro-duction of super-calenderedand embossed papers will re-sult.

Through the Paper Convert-ing Department goes a largetonnage of the company'sbleached kraft (white) papers,one of which is used by ourcustomers for making coffeebags — those which are usedby millions of American house-wives regularly.Brown Company Pioneered

Brown Company was thepioneer in the development ofbleached kraft papers for useas coffee bags. This product isstill recognized by our cus-tomers as the "premiere"coffee bag paper of the indus-

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WHATBUILT

YOUR U.S.A.Do you know why we Ameri-

cans, with only one-fifteenthof the world's population andabout the same part of its landarea, have been able to buildthe greatest productive plantin history ? Was it our politicaland economic freedom ? Was itour use of new power,machines and skills? Get thefacts! Send for FREE booklet,approved by both labor andmanagement, 'The Miracle ofAmerica." Write the Adver-tising Council Inc., 25 W. 45thStreet, New York 19, N. Y.

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STAFF MAIN OFFICEPTTT P nivTQTmv Roberta DevostPULP DIVISION Lucille LessardBuster Cordwell

Paul Grenier WOODSMark Hickey Louis CatelloRay Holroyd

Adam Lavernoich POWER AND STEAMLeo LeBlanc Charles Enman

CASCADE MILLErnest Castonguay

Buster EdgarLeroy Fysh

Robert MurphyEarl Philbrick

Lucille TremaineREPORTERS-AT-LARGE

Angus MorrisonJack RodgersonONCO PLANT

Alfred ArsenaultCharles Sgrulloni

CHEMICAL PLANTArthur GoyetteGeorge LafleurAlfred McKay

RESEARCH DEPARTMENTThelma Neil

RIVERSIDE MILLRonaldo Morin

Leo Landers

BERMICO DIVISIONRussell DoucetAsh Hazzard

STAFF CARTOONISTSLeo Leblanc

Jack Rodgerson

STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERVictor Beaudoin

PORTLANDDoris Smith

NEW YORKDoris Reed

EDITORJames P. Hinchey

Vol. IV. Number 1 January 10, 1951

Pointersfrom

PortlandBY DORIS E. SMITH

It seems about time to writea column containing a collec-tion of tips and pointers onVariGUS iLcii'iS. j-ieTc

I picked at random fromseveral sent along to me fromvarious readers, and which Igreatly appreciate their send-ing to me.

- o -Now that many of us have

put away leather gloves infavor of warmer gloves ormittens, wre might find wehave some old leather gloveswhich aren't much good assuch. However, the leatherwhich is still good in them canbe put to use as patches forelbows and knees of children'sclothing, or to reinforce thepalm of children's mittens.You may also use it to bindedges of sleeves on jackets orplay coats that get hard wearor are already worn.

bably do automatically. Someof the newer cooks, however,might like to know that meatshould be \\iped off with adamp cloth (or preferably adamp Nibroc towel), beforeyou add the salt, pepper andflour when getting it ready forthe oven. Meat should never bewashed or soaked in water.Washing draws out the juices,and with them go flavor andmuch of the nutritional value.

Probably most of you cookssave the water in which youcook vegetables and add thisto your gravy instead of plainwater. It gives the gravy muchmore flavor.

To iron a gathered pocketon a dress or apron easily,stuff the pocket with a softrolled wash cloth, and it willpuff up crisp and smooth.

Cut stray ends off your wetmop to prevent splashing base-boards when mopping floors.

oNow that television sets are

becoming so popular, youmight like to know that a darkbackground behind your setwill help vision considerably.So, if your walls are very light,hang a dark drape or put up adark screen behind your TVset, and see what a differenceit will make.

Here's a reminder that thoseof you who have been cooking

As you may have guessed bynow — food is my favoritetopic for use in this column,and maybe next time I'll usemore of the various items I'vegathered in regard to cooking.

I'll bring this column to aclose with a suggestion whichI think is a fine one for thoseof you who shampoo your hairat home. I've found it veryhelpful and hope some of youreaders will, too. Before youstart to shampoo your hair,stuff a piece of steel wool inthe drain of your washbowl orsink. This will catch all theloose hair, and you won't clogup the drain.

Kraft pulp is used for themaking of wrapping paper,paper bags and towels.

"Who, Charley? Oh, he's over here behind the barrels ... working for Stalin!"

Modernized(Continued from Page 1)

try and it's all because BrownCompany's employees havethe ability and "know-how"so necessary in the productionof quality products.

Because of the increasingdemand for Brown Company'squality papers, it is necessarythat production facilities beoperated at the fullest possiblecapacity. This is one of themany reasons for rebuildingNo. 1 Paper Machine.

More ModernizationFurther modernization may

be noticed in the FinishingRoom at Cascade where thepurchase of another electrictruck and the installation of asunken rail have facilitatedhandling operations. The en-tire department has beencompletely repainted. Finish-ing Room employees are nowworking on three shifts due toincreased production wrhichresulted in increased volumefor the department.

It's all part of the company'shuge program of moderniza-tion wrhich will result inincreased production, greatersecurity for the worker and ahigher standard of living forthe entire area.

Hegeman(Continued from Page 1)

promotion to Assistant Super-intendent on December 2nd.1950.

EducationHe received his education at

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People At Work...

A forty-five year man,Robert Davis is shown inthe Inspection Room at Bur-gess carefully inspectingpulp for dirt particles, etc.

Oscar Murray, Asst. Sup-erintendent at Burgess, isshown adjusting the steamregulator on —5 paper ma-chine at Riverside. He's a45-vear man.

Pictured at work in theGrinder Room at Riversideis Onez Marois who has justcompleted 50 years of workfor the company and is stillgoing strong.

Here is Onil Marcotte,Crosswire man, pictured atwork wire wrapping pulpfrom the —3 dryer machine.Burgess.

Some 1,800 men are engagedin woods operations at the

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Submitted by Ash HazzardBermico

January 10, 1951 T H E B R O W N B U L L E T I N Page Three

Tall Tales From,by Jack Rodgerson

Last year, one of our Ber-lin natives decided he wouldtake a vacation out throughrhe west and loaded up whatparaphernalia he consideredappropriate, including hisbathing suit, and headed outwhere men are men andwomen are WO-men.

The weather being warm—in fact, hot, his thirst intensifiedto a point where he found it necessary to resort to recommendedbeverages whose thirst quenching propensities are sung loudlyvia radio commercials and demonstrated by billboards whichseem to add to, and at times detract from, the passing scenery.

After a hard day's riding through dry, dusty sagebrushcountry, he, at last, sighted an oasis, hauled in on the wheel andasked the good host to dispense a concoction that would washdown the particles of alkali that clung to his gums, larynx andparts south. The man nodded and proceeded to mix a coolingdraught that he guaranteed would do all this and 20/c more.

It is well known that the natives of the southland like theirfeed and drink hot and in a few moments the good bar-keepdeposited a tall glass of something which resembled sulphuricacid and fizzled like a short fuse on a firecracker.

Our mountaineer friend, who, up to this time, could not thinkof anything except a thirst famine, raised the tall glass andlowered its contents. As it rushed downward to attack his"innards" — he felt as though he was floating on a magic car-pet. This feeling quickly shifted to a feeling of being struck bychain lightning and twice in the same spot. This feeling soonsubsided and he then took notice of his surroundings. Takingmental inventory, the establishment seemed not to have beenstruck by lightning — so he resumed his former stance andproceeded to drain the glass. Later, our friend from Berlindecided to saunter forth and view the countryside in hopes offinding a pool of water or an ocean. He was completely over-come by the nature of the sand underfoot and donned his bath-ing suit preparatory to taking a plunge.

The owner of the establishment came rushing out andquizzed our friend as to why he was wearing the bathing suit.He was assured that our friend was intent on taking a dip."But," said the owner, "there isn't any water within 500 miles; here," to vvhicironr frfemtTeplierl—"Some beltchT'

Richardson Lake(Continued from page 1)

are necessary for one mealwhile 20 dozen doughnuts willonly go around once.

At Day's EndAt the end of a day's work,

the woodsmen visit the smallstore, known to them as the"Wangin," to buy soft drinks,candy, cigarettes and what-ever else is necessary to keepthem in the woodcutting spirit.

It would seem likely thatwith all that food under theirbelts, they wouldn't even becapable of cutting a small bush—but they do. Evidence ofthat fact are the many loadedwood trucks seen so often onour highways and, at times, analmost constant flow of logsdown the river.

Chemical Engineering. Duringhis last few years at theInstitute he was assigned tothe Naval Training Unit andlater received his Midshipmantraining at Columbia Univer-sity. He was commissioned asan Ensign in 1945 and servedas Executive Officer of a Sub-chaser in the Pacific theatreof operations.

Mr. Hegeman is married andis the father of one child, threeyears old.

Good Housekeeping(Continued from Page 1)

(STANDINGS)Current Previous

Rating Rating100-

Excellent

Hegeman(Continued from Page 2)

Worcester Polytechnic Insti-tute and graduated in 1944with a Bachelor's degree in

DIVISIONBerlin Mills

RailwayResearchMaintenance &

ConstructionOncoPower & SteamBermicoRiversideAdministrative

OfficesKraft PlantChemicalCascadeBurgess

10099

9797979695

9494939188

Dec. 9, 1950

9297

9395979895

9887939179

First Round In Company Bowling LeaguesProves Tight To Finish' For Top Honors

Several TeamsBunched At TopSeveral weeks have rolled by

since the beginning of the com-pany's bowling season and it'stime to look at totals andstandings for the end of thefirst period. From the evidenceon hand, it looks as thoughcompetition was exceptionallykeen with several teams bunch-ed at the top of the list breath-ing down the. necks of thedivision winners.

Division "A"In Division "A" of the Mill

League, Kraft Mill #1 did asolo by pulling way out in frontof their opponents. Division"A" was the only one to betaken by such a large marginof points. Kraft Mill ±fl cop-ped its division first roundtitle by taking 35 wins andlosing 9 points for a percent-age total of 795 while Bermico#1 followed with 291/2 winsand 141/2 losses for a percent-age total of 670. Bleachery #1and Instrument Control placeda close second and third with29 and 28 wins respectively.

Riverside Takes "B"It proved to be a tight race

for the top three teams inDivision "B" of the company'sMill League with Riverside #2taking top honors — 30 winsand 14 losses for a percentage

"TaEaTofTS2."Kraft MiTT =2and Finishing followed closelyin what was apparently a des-perate attempt to capture win-ning laurels but both teamsended up in a tie for secondplace with 29 wins, 15 lossesand a percentage total tie of659. Fourth position was takenby Towel Converting #2which managed to nose-outBermico ~2 by one-half pointcompleting the first round fi-nals by winning 25 V^ pointsand dropping 18V-2 for a 579total.

Keene Scores 319High scorers for the Mill

League (over 300) were D.Kilbride, Cascade Boilers =2,with a three string total pin-fall of 308, A. Landry, Finish-ing, whose total pinfall was305 and M. Keene, CascadeMaintenance #2, who took ahigh triple string pinfall of319.

Seamen Take FirstIn the Men's Office League,

another neck and neck racewas reported with severalteams bunched at the top of

Bowling StandingsBrown Co. Mill League

(End of First Round)STANDINGS

Division "A1*TEAMS WKraft Mill #1 35Bermico crl 29M>Bleachery =1 29Instr. Control 28Riverside =P! 27Research =1 25Cascade Boilers 22^Chemical 22% 21V2Cascade Maint. # 1 21 23Machine 18 26Bermico =3 51- 38%Towel Conv. =rl 0 44Division "B"TEAMSRiverside ^2Kraft Mill =2FinishingTowel Conv. =2Bermico =2Cascade Maint. =2Bleachery =2Cascade Boilers =2BurgessCascadeChemical ±r2Bermico ±4

Pet..795.670.659.636.614.563.511.511.477.409.125.000

W L Pet.30 14 .68229 15 .65929 15 .65925% 18% .57925 19 .56324 20 .54523 21 .52321% 22% .48920% 23% .46620 " 24 " .45513% 30% .3070 44 .000

Sgt. Majors1st Lieuts.Brig. GeneralsSergeantsLt. GeneralsMaster Sgts.MajorsTech Sgts.

Division "B"TEAMSGeneralsRear AdmiralsPrivatesCommanders2nd. LieutsCaptainsCorporalsEnsignsCommodores

212120161616168

1515162020202028

W L27 925 1122% 13%21% 14%19 1719171712

17191924

.583

.583

.556

.556

.556

.556

.556

.250

Pet..750.694.630.597.528.528.472.472.333

Bowlers Bowling 300 or BetterD. Kilbride-Casc. Boil £2

117 94 97 308M. Keene-Cascade. Maint. #2

108 121 90 319

Brown Co. Men's Office League(End of First Round)

STANDINGSDivision "A"TEAMS W L Pet.Seamen 23 13 .6391st. Sgts. 22 14 .611

Bowlers Bowling 300 or BetterR. Chase-Majors 83 100 132 315B. Murphy-Lt. Generals

92 113 107 312B. Raymond-lst. Sgts.

110 107 89 306S. Hughes-Sgts. 116 93 98 307

Brown Co. Girl's Office League(End of First Round)

STANDINGSTEAMS W LHoly Cross 29 11Army 27 13Navy 22 18Cornell 17% 22%Bates 14 26Harvard 12% 27%

Pet..725.675.550.438.350.313

Bowlers Bowling 270 or BetterO. Dumont-Holy Cross 91 85 97 273H. Roy-Harvard 84 99 96 279B. McKay-Cornell 111 91 87 289A. Wentworth-Cornell 85 98 89 272

the list with differences of nomore than a single point. Sea-men took top honors with 23wins and 13 losses for a totalof 639 in the percentage col-umn. First Sergeants followedclosely with a one point differ-ence while Sergeant Majorsand First Lieutenants tookthird position by winning 2tpoints and losing 15. BrigadierGenerals stayed with the win-ning teams by taking 20 pointsout of the scheduled 36 to putthem in fourth place.

Generals Take "B"Standings in Division "B" of

the Men's Office League werenot as close as they were in theother divisions even thoughthe fighting for laurels wasreported to be "hot." Generalstook the top slot by nosing outthe nearest opponent by twopoints and coming out of thesoup with 27 wins and only 9losses for a 750 total in thepercentage column. Rear Ad-mirals were next in line andcaptured second place honorswith 25 wins out of the sched-uled 36.

Even though Privates maybe low in the official Armyranks they proved their abilityin bowling by taking thirdplace honors in the Men'sOffice League and leaving sev-eral ' 'commissioned officersteams" fighting a disorderlywithdrawal. Commanders took

fourth place by winningand losing 14y% for a 597 per-centage total.

Single honors go to R. Chaseof the Majors who rolled thehighest three string pinfall inthe Men's Office League witha total of 315. B.Murphy,Lieu-tenairr~Gerierals, fOltetT~312~~"while S. Hughes, Sergeants,rolled a three string total pin-fall of 307 and B. Raymond,First Sergeants, bowled 306.

Girls' OfficeFirst round winner in the

Girls' Office League was HolyCross who took 29 points outof their scheduled forty. Armyfollowed Holy Cross and cap-tured second place laurels bywinning 27 points and losing13 for a percentage score of675. It looks as though Armyand Navy are rivals on thebowling lanes as well as beingtraditional rivals on the foot-ball gridiron. In bowling, Navywas edged out of second placeand settled for third with 22wins, 18 losses. Cornell tookfourth.

B. McKay, Cornell, scoredthe highest three string pin-fall in the Girls' Office Leaguewith a total of 289. H. Roy,Harvard, scored 279 while 0.Dumont, Holy Cross, and A.Wentworth, Cornell, rolled 273and 272 respectively.

Mill League Bowling Averages(End Of First Round)

MILL LEAGUE AVERAGESPF Stringrs Ave.

R. DubeA. AubeyG. BergersonH. GordonL. CroteauD. MorrissetteA. HazzardD. KeeneA. MoreauD. KilbrideC. JohnsonA. BetzE. CorriveauM. KeeneJ. Chavarie

315031263123305827942499222730523018275827552747247830072991

333333333027243333303030273333

959595939393939292929292929191

G. BarlowP. CarronE. KingA. RoyR. WebbC. ChaverieEd CorreauS. ParkerH. RobitailleA. TrahanN. WelchN. LandryR. FisetteB. McGivneyJ. PoulinM. DupuisR. Ayotte

PF Strine-s27282719135929832965270127002442243029322922212516101338290929022632

3030153333303027273333241815333330

Ave.9191919090909090908989898989888888

PF StringsT. RuelH. AllenR. MontminyL. BirtG. LafleurL. KeeneJ. OttoliniChas. RayN. LabrecqueP. SanschagrinE. WashburnB. MorinC. MortensonA. ParadisG. ComeauP. SaucierA. Wheeler

23672878286426152607260126012836282325922590233120642790255822942292

2733333030303033333030272433302727

Ave.8887878787878786868686868685858585

PF StringsJ. SweetE. RobichaudW. BarrenJ. CooperM. AgrodniaR. NoletD. TherriaultA. HansonO. CroteauL. FyshJ. Dinar doJ. LunbladJ. BergquistG. MortensonE. AllardF. LapointE. FournierI. Potter

228520331534278127652523251925052267226522532016273627312495248122411991

272418333330303027272724333330302724

Ave.858585848484848484848484838383838383

PF StringsJ. KeatingC. Cur leyV. BuckvitchH. BlanchardD. BilodeauR. BerthiaumeR. GillinghamF. MasonH. RobergeJ. AccardiJ. CoteN. PellerineT. RyanE. BergeronF. LeblancP. EvansC. AndersonA. St. Hilaire

269024732461268826662449218019312642263816922384238116582588230523052418

333030333330272433332130302133303033

Ave.828282818181818180808079797978777773

Page Four T H E B R O W N B U L L E T I N January 10, 1951

What's News Around The Plants

Chemical PlantExplosions

RiversideRamblings

BY AL MCKAY

Robert Cadoret, our loadingleader at the Floe Plant, hasreturned to work after beingout several weeks due to anappendectomy. Good to seeyou back, Bob!

James "Mac" McLaughlin,our ''Patriarch of the OldTimers Hockey Squad," hasventured forth across the bor-der to Canada for his vacation."Mac" left in a very daringmood. He is making the trip inhis new Studebaker. The wayhe boasted about it before heleft would indicate that the"super-jet" could climb MountWashington in high gear.

Bowling is an interestingtopic at the Chemical lab-oratory this year. We'rewondering why George Lafleurrefuses to take on TommyRyan. What gives, George?Score too low ?

Harold Johnson is quitepleased with his new desk inthe Storehouse.

We are all sorry to hear thatCarl Johnson is on the sicklist.

Leon Sevigny is sporting anew cowboy hat he receivedfor Christmas.

Since George Lafleur 2:ot therecipe for making Ravioli fromFrank Bartoli you'd think hehad changed nationalities.

That you can cook abig beefsteak in 35 seconds onan electric "radar" range?(Not on the market just yet —but give the boys time!) Andthat people in some countrieslook upon meat as a luxury tobe feasted upon maybe once aweek if they're lucky? (Theaverage American has meatso regularly that he spendsalmost six per cent of his in-come after taxes on roasts andchops.)

Thank YouI would like to take this op-

portunity to thank the boysat the Onco Plant who donatedblood at the time of my illness.And also, to the volunteerswho were not needed becausethe Red Cross supplied whatwas needed through the helpof the Blood-mobile Bank.

Chester D. ReidOnco Plant Office

Liquid chlorine made atBrown Company is used forwater purification-

BY LEO LANDERSAND R. MORIN

Richard Lafferty of ourMachine Room recently enjoy-ed a two weeks vacation andat the same time receivedgreetings from Uncle Sam. Hereported for active service inthe United States Army onJanuary 9th. We wish him thebest of luck.

Thomas Lafferty of ourBeater Room recently enjoyedhis last week's vacation.

Raymond Voisine, BeaterRoom, and Donald J. Bilodeau,Machine Room were also onvacation recently.

To the boys in the BeaterRoom:

Did you know that you havein your midst a man namedAbraham. After all these yearsand nobody knew it. Guesswho?

Eugene Laplante of ourMaintenance crew is out on thesick list. We all wish you aspeedy recovery, Gene.

George Couture is also outbecause of illness.

Congratulations are in orderfor Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Mont-miny on the arrival of abouncing baby boy. Lucien, theproud lather, works in theYard and Finishing Depart-ments.

The old slogan is "Watchthe Fords roll by." It didn'twork with Armand Plaisanceof the Finishing Room Wed-nesday morning, December27th when the "old girl"wouldn't start. He had a goodexcuse, though — it was aboutfifteen below zero.

Congratulations are in orderto four of our bowlers. CharlesRay, John Bergquist, JackKeating and Donald Bilodeaucame out on top in the firstround of the Mill League. Keepup the good work fellas andwe'll win the trophy. It wouldlook nice in our department.

Oliver Morin tells us that hekilled a wild rabbit weighing25 pounds. Have you had yourscale inspected recently, Oli-ver?

Arthur Patsy bought him-self a new Mercury recently.Here's wishing you manyhours of happy-motoring,Arthur.

We understand that WallaceRines and McKelvey motor toLancaster, N. H., almost everyweek-end. What's cooking?

From the Home of"Mister Nibroc"

BY BOB MURPHYThe annual Christmas party

of the Salaried Group, withtheir wives and escorts asguests, was held Wednesdayevening, December 20, at the

Glen House. Cocktails wereserved from 6 to 7 P. M. fol-lowed by a delicious steak andturkey dinner.

After dinner, speeches (lim-ited) were made by FredSchelhorn, our Superintend-ent, and by "Pat" Hinchey,oldest office employee in yearsof service. "Hank" Hammondmade before and after dinnerspeeches (unlimited). BobMurphy was Master of Cere-monies.

During the evening, dancingwas enjoyed and prizes award-ed to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Hincheyfor the prize waltz and Mr.and Mrs. Rollie Lepage, theelimination (via rope) dance.Mrs. Fred Schelhorn and Mrs.Edmund Boutin renderedpiano selections while FredSchelhorn entertained with avocal selection. Miss AdelineArsenault, formerly of theoffice, also sang and was fol-lowed by someone (?) whoknew the words of a song butcouldn't sing. In fact — whocared ?

It certainly was a wonderfulparty and much credit must begiven the committee of MissBarbara Norton, Miss RitaRichards, "Howie" Robinson,Buster Edgar and Bob Murphyfor a job well done.

Even the White Mountainswere in the mood that evening,but unlike the celebrators atthe base, ML. Washington wasonly lit up "Half-Way."

We have often heard thefamous slogan — "When bet-ter cars are built, Buick willbuild them," but recentlyaround the Machine Room weheard this one: "When newBuicks are stuck, Nash willpush them." We know that theBuick owner had to send toGorham for a mechanic, andwe understand that GeorgeDerby, with his Nash, even-tually had to push the Buick.Now who could that havebeen?

Everyone who had the op-portunity to view the artisticwork of Maurice Dupuis werequite surprised that suchtalent existed around theseparts.

The title of Maurice's draw-ing was "The Flying French-man." It pictured the BerlinMaroons hockey squad.

Bermico Bits

BY RUSS DOUCET & ASH HAZZARD

Fellow workers of RolandCanuel, Dryers, want to wishhim all the luck in the world inhis new life in the ArmedForces.

Congratulations to GodfreyHanson on becoming the fatherof a baby girl.

Our very best also to Mr.and Mrs. "Bill" Lovering ontheir 25th Wedding Anniver-sary celebrated on ChristmasDay.

Ray Laplante, New YorkOffice, was a holiday visitor at

the home of his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Arthur Laplante.

Joe Skirm, Sales Depart-ment, New York Office, was arecent visitor at the plant.

Ed Howe, our Methods En-gineer, was a business visitorin Hartford, Connecticut ashort while ago.

Honorable mention for ex-cellence in Christmas decora-tions went to Arthur Taylor,Plant Engineer. Well done,Arthur.

On our sick list this weekis Joe Bourbeau, Beater Room,and R o m e o Dandeneau,Dryers. We all wish you arapid recovery, boys.

Carl Tennis of the Dryerswas the winner of a twopound "turkey" at a recentparty. Must have been a tastymorsel, Carl.

The office girls want tothank Albert "Skinny" Lightfor his gifts during the pastholiday season. We forgot themistletoe this year "Skinny"but will try to remember itnext vear.

Main OfficeMusings

BurgessScreenings

BY PAUL G R E N I E RAND A R T H U R THOMAS

We wish to extend ourdeepest sympathy to Mrs.Mojorique Landry and familyfor the loss of her husbandwho died just a few days be-fore Christmas. He workedhere at Burgess as Yard Fore-man and was better known tomany of us as "Major." He hadbeen employed at Burgess fornearly 43 years.

Mary Marcou very wiselystarted her vacation the weekbefore Christmas. Did you getyour shopping done?

Other late vacation-takerswere Adeline St. Laurent andAdelard Parent. If skiing waspossible — they must haveenjoyed themselves.

Those attending the Christ-mas party at the Costellosurely enjoyed themselves andwe wish to thank those respon-sible for the get-together.

A very pretty wedding wasattended recently by a groupof Brown Company people atthe Scandinavian MethodistChurch. A reception followedat the Berlin Mills FireStation. The occasion was forthe daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Harold Tankard, Jean, whomarried Emery Plummer, sonof Mr. and Mrs. Oneil Plum-mer. A fine time was had byall and congratulations are inorder to the happy couple.

John Bigl enjoyed his vaca-tion over the holidays.

Here's a reminder: Don'tforget to start figuring outyour income tax. Of course youhave until March 15th but whywait until the last day.

BY LUCILLE LESSARD

Engagements, engagements,engagements — five of themin the Main Office building.Who are they ? Read on ...

Irene Latulippe, Engineer-ing Department to RobertRuel of the Cascade Mill.

Jackie Beach, PurchasingDepartment to Tommy Piper,Lavignes Red Wing Express.

Lucille Parent, PurchasingDepartment to Normand La-vigne of Lavignes Red WingExpress.

It looks as though Lavignesdid as well as the Main Office.

Terry Hogan, TabulatingDepartment to Roger Morse,Lebanon, N. H.

Georgette Arseneault, Sten-ographic Department to RolandBaker who is now attendingMassachusetts Radio School inBoston.

Bill Marshall, PurchasingDepartment, spent the Christ-mas week-end at his home inBeverly, Massachusetts.

G. E. Peterson, PurchasingDepartment, spent his Christ-mas week-end in Boston.

Miss Lepha Pickford motor-ed to Boston with Mr. and Mrs.Peterson to spend the Christ-mas week-end - w i t h he?,brothers.

D. N. Willis of the Purchas-ing Department enjoyed hisvacation in Florida and otherpoints south. He returned towork January 4th. Lucky Dickcertainly missed that cold snapwe had right after Christmas.Gee whiz, some people have allthe luck.

Sarita Harvey of the Insur-ance Department took a week'svacation just before theChristmas holidays. We'll betthat there were a lot of goodthings to eat at Sarita's houseon Christmas day.

As was previously mention-ed — if you have any news —let's hear about it. Don't beshy !

WHflTpo youTHINK. I

Suppose a girl high-schoolgraduate of your acquaintance,wishing to enter upon acareer, asked your advice onwhat profession offered herthe best opportunity ?

Men and women all over thenation were asked that ques-tion recently — and one-thirdof them recommended nursing.Teaching was recommendednext in order, and then secre-tarial work, social service,home economics, in thatsequence.

What do you think ?